Igidae Coastal Trail
Cliffside coastal walking path with clear-water fishing spots, volcanic rock formations, and sweeping bridge and sunrise views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Igidae Coastal Trail in Busan opens with a question: would you believe people were once arrested for standing on these rocks? It traces the nearly five decades this coastline spent sealed off as a military zone before opening to the public in 1993, and follows what the trail became afterward, from anglers and dawn photographers to the volcanic rock laid down some eighty million years ago and the fossilized footprints said to survive in it. It also carries the legend behind the trail's name, tied to two courtesans and a Japanese commander during the Imjin War.
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